Title: Restore Your Holy Wish! 2010.08.22
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3rd Worship
Restore your holy wish!
In a survey on the structure of consciousness among Korean women, 3 out of 10 unmarried women, “If I had to choose between marriage or work, I would give up on marriage”, 1 in 5 married women without children, “I will not have children”, Half of married women with children say they won't have children anymore. This shocking content was revealed in a survey conducted by the Chosun Ilbo and Gallup Korea on January 29-30 of 500 women in their 20s and 30s nationwide (256 married and 254 unmarried) to understand the low birth rate. .
Regarding the average age at which older virgins or bachelors give up marriage, it is said that the age is forty-five for men and forty-two for women. Until then, it is common to say that you want to get married, but after that, you don't even want to get married. If you live alone for a long time, there are times when even the wish of marriage disappears altogether. If you are ill for a long time, you may even lose your desire to get better. The most frightening thing in life is the loss of wishes. It can be said that loss of wish is despair, and wrong wish is addiction.
Philippians 2:13 “It is God who works in you, to will and to do for his good pleasure” There is a movie called ‘It Can’t Be Better Than This’ in 1997, which won the Academy Award. The main character, Melvin, is a neurotic obsessive-compulsive disorder. When you walk down the street, you look only at the pavement and try desperately not to step on the crevices of the sidewalk blocks. Even when I go to a restaurant, I never use knives and forks because they are dirty. When you return from going out, wash your hands twice with fresh soap in very hot water, and throw away the soap you use. But Melvin falls in love with a woman named Carol. His life begins to change. ‘The theme of this movie is that everything changes when you love’. Carol asks Melvin to praise her. “You gave me a wish to be a better person.” After being moved for a while, Carol smiled and said, 'This is the best compliment I've ever heard in my life.'
Is there a greater wish than ‘a wish to become a better person, a wish to become a better person’?
When the Holy Spirit comes and begins to work among us, ‘the wish to become a better person, the wish to live a better life’ will arise.